Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN IINational Park · 2009
14 970 km²
Municipality · ISL
Fljótsdalshreppur
Iceland
ETPolar, tundra(93 %)
Species observed
1 232
Observations
13 294
Area
1 528,5km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Fljótsdalshreppur : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 13.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Espèces affichées
20
Interactions affichées
25
Connectance
0.132
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 232 distinct species · 13 294 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
-0,5°C
Annual rain
1 798mm
Warmest m°
9,8°C
Coldest m°
-9,7°C
Elevation: 727 m on average (min 19 m, max 1 548 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
-0,5°C
Annual rain
1 798mm
Warmest month
9,8°C
Coldest month
-9,7°C
Mean alt.
727m
Min
19m
Max
1 548m
Std. dev.
289m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
ETPolar, tundra(93 %)Polar
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Hydrology13 basins · 46 lakes · 22 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
350,0km
Lake surface here
24,23km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
3 576km²
Discharge in basins
75,2m³/s
Mean precip.
1 439mm/an
Mean T°
0,0°C
Moisture idx
0,79
Max snow
91%
Mean runoff
1 211mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
689m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area830,5 km²overlap759.02 km²50%
- Bassin de Kelduásub-area322 km²overlap315.01 km²21%
- Bassin de Lagarfljótsub-area547,9 km²overlap259.06 km²17%
- Bassin de Suðurfljótsub-area355,5 km²overlap69.27 km²5%
- Bassin de Jöklasub-area741,7 km²overlap39.79 km²3%
- Bassin de Jöklasub-area1 498,4 km²overlap35.46 km²2%
- Bassin de Steinavötnsub-area1 325,9 km²overlap18.68 km²1%
- Bassin de Eyvindarásub-area165,9 km²overlap17.24 km²1%
- Bassin de Hamarsásub-area1 336,6 km²overlap5.31 km²0%
Lakes (46, top by area)
- Lagarfljoiarea54,1 km²avg depth18.5 m
- Gilsárvötnarea4,1 km²avg depth6.7 m
- Sauðárvatnarea1,6 km²avg depth5.0 m
- Hengifossárvatnarea1,2 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1233384area1 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1234502area0,9 km²avg depth7.5 m
- Lac 1237323area0,9 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1234582area0,7 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1233411area0,7 km²avg depth5.5 m
37 more lakes
- Lac 1235279area0,6 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1235201area0,6 km²avg depth4.4 m
- Lac 1238519area0,6 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1234993area0,5 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lac 1238200area0,5 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1234792area0,5 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1233224area0,4 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1234791area0,4 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1235263area0,3 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1233004area0,3 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1233412area0,3 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1235353area0,3 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1234292area0,3 km²avg depth4.2 m
- Lac 1235238area0,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1234570area0,2 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1232910area0,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1234450area0,2 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1238207area0,2 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1237675area0,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1232737area0,1 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1236288area0,1 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Lac 1237196area0,1 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1233332area0,1 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1234728area0,1 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1234790area0,1 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Lac 1235545area0,1 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1233713area0,1 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1234727area0,1 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1236673area0,1 km²avg depth5.4 m
- Lac 1236219area0,1 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1232791area0,1 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1233317area0,1 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1233118area0,1 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1233239area0,1 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1235745area0,1 km²avg depth3.1 m
- Lac 1235570area0,1 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1234820area0,1 km²avg depth2.9 m
Rivers / streams (22, ord ≥ 4)
- Kelduáord 4len here72.54 km100%total72 km
- Lagarfljótord 5len here63.20 km28%total225 km
- Bessastaðaáord 5len here25.33 km100%total25 km
- Bergkvíslord 2len here22.40 km100%total22 km
- Fellsáord 3len here21.22 km100%total21 km
- Hrafnsgerðisáord 1len here19.12 km89%total21 km
- Jökulsá í Fljótsdalord 3len here17.45 km100%total17 km
- Ytri-Sauðáord 3len here16.15 km92%total18 km
- Stekkalækurord 3len here15.31 km100%total15 km
- Frárennslisskurður Kárahnjúkavirkjunarord 5len here14.16 km100%total14 km
- Engjalækurord 2len here11.51 km91%total13 km
- Hafursáord 3len here10.65 km100%total11 km
10 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Strútsáord 1len here8.54 km100%total9 km
- Grjótáord 2len here6.11 km100%total6 km
- Laugaráord 2len here5.68 km45%total13 km
- Garðalækurord 2len here4.75 km100%total5 km
- Sauðabenalækurord 1len here4.33 km100%total4 km
- Innri-Sauðáord 1len here3.68 km100%total4 km
- Hölknáord 3len here2.83 km100%total3 km
- Stórhöfðalækurord 1len here2.56 km100%total3 km
- Tunguáord 3len here2.44 km100%total2 km
- Gilsáord 2len here0.03 km0%total19 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Protected areas3
IUCN II · 1IUCN Not Reported · 1IUCN Not Applicable · 1🌊 Marine · 3📍 Point sites · 1
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
14 968 km²
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2019
14 340 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN